Skip to main content
Caltech Course Catalog / 2025-2026 Catalog / Courses 2025-26 / Mechanics of Rocks

ME/CE/Ge 174 - Mechanics of Rocks

ME/CE/Ge 174

Mechanics of Rocks

9 units (3-0-6)   |  second term
Prerequisites: Ae/Ge/ME 160 a.

Basic principles of deformation, strength, and stressing of rocks. Elastic behavior, plasticity, viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity, creep, damage, friction, failure mechanisms, shear localization, and interaction of deformation processes with fluids. Engineering and geological applications.

Instructor: Lapusta
Published Date: Aug. 20, 2025